25 SEPTEMBER – FERIA

On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:

At Emmaus, the birthday of blessed Cleophas, a disciple of Christ. It is related that he was killed by the Jews for the confession of Our Lord in the same house in which he had entertained Him, and where he was honourably buried.

At Rome, under the emperor Antoninus, St. Herculanus, soldier and martyr, who, being converted to Christ by the miracles wrought during the martyrdom of the blessed bishop Alexander, was put to the sword after enduring many torments.

At Amiens in France, in the persecution of Diocletian, blessed Firmin, bishop. Under the governor Rictiovarus, after various torments, he suffered martyrdom by being beheaded.

At Damascus, the holy martyr Paul, Tata, his wife, and Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus, and Eugenius, their sons. Accused of professing the Christian religion, they were scourged and tortured in other ways until they gave up their souls to God.

In Asia, the holy martyrs Bardomian, Eucarpus and twenty-six others.

The same day, St. Anathalon, bishop, who was a disciple of the blessed Apostle St. Barnabas and succeeded him in the See of Milan.

At Lyons, the decease of St. Lupus, at one time an anchoret, but later a bishop.

At Auxerre, St. Anacharius, bishop and confessor.

At Blois, St. Solemnius, bishop of Chartres, renowned for miracles.

The same day, St. Principius, bishop of Soissons, brother of the blessed bishop Remigius.

At Anagni, the holy virgins Aurelia and Neomisia.

At San Severino, the decease of St. Pacificus of St. Severin, confessor, of the Order of the Reformed Friars Minor of the Observance of St. Francis, illustrious by his extraordinary patience and love of solitude. He was placed in the Calendar of the Saints by Pope Gregory XVI.

And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.

Thanks be to God.

6 SEPTEMBER – FERIA

On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:

The prophet Zachary, who returned in his old age from Chaldea to his own country and lies buried near the prophet Aggeus.

In Hellespont, St. Onesiphorus, a disciple of the Apostles, of whom the blessed Apostle St. Paul speaks in his Epistle to Timothy. He was severely scourged with St. Porphyry by order of the proconsul Hadrian, and being dragged by wild horses, gave up his soul to God.

At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Faustus, priest, Macarius, and ten companions, who received the martyr’s crown by being beheaded for the name of Christ in the time of the emperor Decius and the governor Valerius.

In Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Cottidus, deacon, Eugenius, and their companions.

In Africa, in the persecution of the Vandals, the holy bishops Donatian, Praesidius, Mansuetus, Germanus and Fusculus, who were most cruelly scourged and sent into exile by order of the Arian king Hunneric because they proclaimed the Catholic truth. Among them was one named Laetus, also a bishop, a courageous and most learned man, who was burned alive after a long imprisonment in a loathsome dungeon.

At Verona, St. Petronius, bishop and confessor.

At Rome, the holy abbot Eleutherius, a servant of God, who, according to the testimony of Pope St. Gregory, raised a dead man to life by his prayers and tears.

And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.

Thanks be to God.